Beautiful 19th C. Folk Art Painted Miniature Dome Top Chest grinding Both are initialed and dated

Both are initialed and dated 1882

but they're also pretty excellent just as they are

But the pipe cleaner tail remains and he’s structurally it's in solid shape

just terrific

with the most notable  chips on one side of one handle

Beautiful 19th C. Folk Art Painted Miniature Dome Top Chest grinding Both are initialed and datedSo lovely and special feeling, I believe this miniature folk art painted dome top chest is Northern European, and I'd guess German, as to me the painted houses on it remind me very much of early German Erzgebirge ones. (A similar one, sold at Skinner for $300+, was attributed as Northern European.) Wonderfully painted on every side, with the topiary esque green trees against white with blue sky above and yellow ground below especially doing it for me.